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Easy Strategies to Support Speech for Babies and Toddlers With Cochlear Implants

After cochlear implant activation, hearing your child say their first word is one of the early but powerful milestones along their hearing journey. But getting to that first word takes time, depending on many factors like how much access to sound your child had before activation. Here are some strategies that will help you lay a firm foundation to build your child’s speech through listening after their device is switched on.

Professional Dancing and Modeling With a Cochlear Implant: Tasha’s Story

Tasha Ghouri is a fashion model and dancer from the UK. On her Instagram account, Tasha talks openly about being a cochlear implant user and proudly shows off her audio processor not only at photo shootings for famous fashion brands or dance videos, but also on television in the dating show “Love Island”. In this blog article, Tasha shares with us how she found her passion for dancing and modeling, who helped her on the way, and what role her CI plays in her hearing journey.